Animal
rights activists have broken into a large battery hen farm in Foxton taking
twenty hens early on Sunday morning. The activists say they openly broke
the law because they are fed up with the government’s lack of action
on animal rights.

Ten
animal rights activists from all over the country took part in the raid
which is the first of many “open rescues” in which activists
will admit responsibility for illegally entering farms to rescue animals.
They said the government has left no other option but to break the law.
Over a decade of campaigning has resulted in overwhelming public support
for a ban on battery cages, and this year, Parliament’s Regulations
Review Committee (made up of MPs from many different political parties)
ruled that battery cages do not comply with the Animal Welfare Act, and
they must be phased out over time. In September the Minister of Agriculture,
Jim Anderton, announced he was overruling the parliamentary committee,
saying change would be too hard on the poultry industry. This is our response,
and there is more to come."

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